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Christian Morals, as they Emerge from the Incarnation of Logos – 3 Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 28 December 2013 Let us now look at some aspects of the life of Christ which we are called upon to imitate. Our Lord spoke to us of Satan’s total inability to acquire any sort of authority over Him: “The ruler of this...
Christian Morals, as they Emerge from the Incarnation of Logos – 2 Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 26 December 2013 Within such a sea of perverted thoughts and decisions, people, with their own criteria, also shaped the outside world, and ordered their relations with their surroundings accordingly, with both other ...
Christian Morals, as they Emerge from the Incarnation of Logos – 1 Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 25 December 2013 As we know, the intervention of God in the history of mankind was a continuous revelation over many centuries and was completed with the incarnation of the Divine Word. The aim of the revelation befor...
Ahmet al Khattat, an Ottoman Saint Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th. 23 December 2013 In every age, the Church has been adorned with saints. This means that our long-suffering and merciful God, the Consubstantial Trinity, and our Most Holy Lady do not leave the world without consolatio...
Saint Anastasia, the Deliverer from Potions Georgios Papademetropoulos 22 December 2013 The holy and most brave martyr Anastasia lived in Rome at the time of the Emperor Diocletian (284-305). She was the daughter of a pagan, by the name of Praetextatus. Her mother, however, whose name wa...
The Blessed Elder Amvrosios the Athonite (21/12/1912 – 02/12/2006) – Part 2 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 18 December 2013 At one time he hit his leg on something and went to a hospital, where they inserted a plate into his hip. But it gave him a lot of pain. The then Metropolitan of Switzerland, Damaskinos, had him broug...
A Saint who Lied to Save his Brother’s Murderer, St Dionysios, Bishop of Aegina Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani † 17 December 2013 Saint Dionysios, Bishop of Aiyina (Aegina), the Wonder-Worker from Zakynthos (17 December) The Saint who Lied to Save his Brother’s Murderer.  A young man from an eminent family left the things of t...
Sin Is a Form of Love (Part 2) Ilias Voulgarakis 16 December 2013 Everything starts with the meaning that each person gives to sin. If it is the breaking of a commandment, then people enter a legalistic relationship with God, in which, in the end, Hell is the natura...
The Hieromartyr Saint Eleftherios, a Young Bishop James W. Lillie 15 December 2013 This wonderful saint was the son of noble and prominent parents. He was born in Rome, where his father was an official in the imperial service, though he died in the saint’s childhood. His mother, Ant...
The Blessed Elder Amvrosios the Athonite (21/12/1912 – 02/12/2006) – Part 1 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 14 December 2013 Elder Amvrosios The Hieromonk Amvrosios (born Spyridon Lazaridis) departed this life on 2 December 2006 (New Calendar), at the age of 92. He was the spiritual father of the Holy Monastery of Our Mos...
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